The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-07-29
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGS.

-At a plCulC al DauNll-ct ILL., hlSS mag
gle Lingenfelter won a dress pattern prize
by harnessing horse and hitching him to a
buggy in less than two minutes.
in the same pew il church at Des
Moines, Ia, SIT each Sabbath day two
womaD, one of whom is the widow of four
ministers, the other the widow of three
ministers.
Frederick X Dorne. aged IS years. was
arrested at Chicago on Sunday upon the
charge OF having chloroformed and robbed a
lady of 1900 at Saratoga, y. Y. while
serving her with water fIom Congress
Spring.
-Melch0u Werner, OF Dubuque, Iowa,
who is now in his 95.h year, and who was
with Napoleon in the Waterloo, Leipsic
and Russian campaigns. is among those
recently awarded a pension under the Mexi
can pension act.
Wooden shoes for Children have been
introduced with success in London. They
are 80 cheap that they cannot be pawned as
leather shoes frequently are by the parents
OF many poor children to whom they are
given by charitable people.
"A gypsy horse trader named Meetz and
his WIFE who had in their possession a lad
Of 6 or years named Anthony Carmody,
who had been missing from his home at
Lincoln, H.. since Sunday Of last week,
were arrested last Friday at bloomington.
III.
Mrs. Robert McGce. of Paris, Mo, was
bitten on the che-k by spider the other
evening Her fac began swelling, and
then her neck and back. Physicians were
called, and there are hopes tnat she will
recover, but she is still in a critical condi-
ton
Carrie NJ. Ali is the wonder OF GeoI gia
She lives 10 mll's from BaxIey. is 10 years
old. aud weighs $50 pounds. She weighed
at the age Of years 40 pounds. She IS no
taller than children usually at her age. Per
soDs who have seen her say that she Is rs
broad as she is long.
"A shutter was blown against the head
OF John Sims. at SrIyia, Ind, during q
cpclone early last week, and though he
quickly recovered otherwise grom the effects
of the blow. be has lost the power OF speech
in consequence OF it. His other faculties,
ii Is stated, are not in the least impaired.
While cutting oats last Saturday near
Oakland, III. farmer named johnson was
fatally bitten hy a rattlesnaks He ran
into large nest of the snakes and succeeded
in killing fourteen of them before he was
bitten. Other parties who came to his
assistance succeeded in killing eleven more.
"A turtle was found in 1854 south of
Io rk, Pa, by several parties, who marked
IL IL. K " In 1877 it was found again, and
a few days apo the same old turtle was
found on the farm OF Mr.. J. F. ROhrbach,
south OF York. When found and marked
in 1854 the turtle was as large as ii is now.
Mrs. ). A. Crane, OF st. Joseph, Mo, sat
in her window in the fourth story OF her
house The other night in order to get a
breath OF fresh air. She dropped asleep and
fell out of the window. and when picked
up from the ground, seventy feet be low,
was found to have sustained no more seri-
Gus injury than the breaking of one of her
toes.
Frank Ives, aged 20, while sitting with
party OF young friends at a window in the
third story of the Teachout Building, al Des
! Moines, on Sunday plaYfuIly threatened &c
fall backward to scare the girls present.
Finally he said NOW l am going, sure, -
lost his balance, fell through an awning tC
! the pavement, and broke his neck. He
died instantly.
1t is related that a Virginia preacher
who believes in prayer met bear il the
woods the other day, and instead of putting
/ his remedy into effect he jumped from bluff
into Cheat river and swan half a mile. II
i wasn't that he lost faith in prayer that he
. did this. but he probably thought that he
could pray TO better advantage and more
inteIliGibly il there was a safe distance be-
tween himself and bruin.
! "A shark 20 feet long was found stranded
on tie beach at SavIn Rock, New Haven,
the other morning. There was high tide
and the wind blew a gale the night
| previous, and it is supposed that the shark
was dashed up high on the rock and was
unable to get back into the water. 1t was
captured after hard struggle. Hundreds
I of people bathe daily on the beach neaI
where the shark was captured.
! The proprietor of a hotel at North
Branch, Mich, owns a useful dog. In the
morning he takes a bell in his mouth and
rings at every door along the hall, and
should some sleepy guest fail to reply be
bangs the bell against the door until be gets
a response. at noon he takes the bel
through the village to notify the boarder:
that 1t Is time TO eat. and whenever he come:
across boaTdsr he will not cease ringing
until he hears the "All right Turk" fo
which he is waiting.
Philip Henseu, Of CoriIth. Miss, ha:
probably the longest beard of any NAL,
biped in the world. Hensen is n man sixt,
years of age, six feet two inches tall. anC
when ne stands erect his beard touches tn
ground. 1t has not been cut for clever
years and is still growing. Hensen is
SOutherner by birth, but served the Uniol
cause during the war. He furnished til
Federal armies with Invaluable inform
ton, and won the high regard OF man
prominent Union Generals.
One night recently two ladies of Ameri
Gus, Georgia, were thrown into state o
the widest terror by the sound OF heav
football in their room. Finally the suppose
burglar entered into a large closet, and tn
ladies escaped from the room and alarme
the house. A number of heaviIy-arue
men came to the rescue, and the pravest c
them finally opened the door OF the closet
when there was disclosed to view, not
burglar, but pet calf, which had the free
dom of the grounds, quietly munching som
starched clothes.
Rev. Father Adrian Rouquette. tn
famous missionary of the Choctaws, die
, on Friday last in New Orleans aged seyeut,